Child and Adult Back-up Care Program

The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

The NIH Back-up Care program provides emergency short-term care for NIH federal employees when their regular care arrangements are not available. This service provides in-home and center-based care for children and in-home care for adult-dependents. This program provides an invaluable service to NIH federal employees to continue their work when telework is not an option due to their primary responsibilities, such as patient care, animal care, and facility maintenance. This program directly impacts the agency's ability to complete its mission.
This extension will permit NIH to explore a new contract model, establish a new period of performance and to avoid disruption of services while a master contract is being re-competed.
Responses
The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). If you believe you can provide the items or services requested, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency, to the Contracting Officer, Anne Mineweaser, at anne.mineweaser@nih.gov referencing notice number NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI5420463 by 5:00pm EST, on August 16, 2019. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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